Siege of Forli

The Siege of Forli (1488) was fought between a mercenary army loyal to the House of Borgia (commanded by Ludovico and Checco Orsi) and the defenders of Forli (commanded by Countess Caterina Sforza). The mercenaries were hired by Cardinal Rodrigo Borgia, who was rivals with the powerful House of Sforza since their murder of Lord Girolamo Riario; the mercenaries failed in their siege of the city, and the Orsi brothers were slain. Forli would remain in Sforza hands until 1499.

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In 1488, Countess Caterina Sforza hired the moneylenders Ludovico and Checco Orsi to kill her husband, Girolamo Riario, for being a bad husband and for being "boring in bed". With Riario dead, Sforza was confirmed as the sole ruler of Forli, and she acquired a bad reputation due to her seductive nature and her manly characteristics. Cardinal Rodrigo Borgia, who sought to acquire the Apple of Eden and